Plan of simplification and coordination of the departments, boards, commissions and institutions of the state government of Georgia

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PLAN
of
Simplification
and
Coordination
of the Departments, Boards, Commissions
and Institutions of the
STATE GOVERNMENT OF GEORGIA
Submitted by
THE GOVERNOR'S COMMISSION
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CHART
Showing the. Proposed
PLAN OF SIMPLIFICATION AND COORDINATION
of the Departments, Boards, Commissions
and Institutions of the
STATE GOVERNMENT OF GEORGIA
By-Commission to Simplify and Coordinate the Operations of the Governmental Departments appointed by: Hon. L. G. Hardman, Governor.

JUDICIAL
1. Supreme Court 2. Court of Appeals
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STATE LIBRARY
I. Library Commission 2. Legislative Reference
Bureau . 3. Archives and History

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SECRETARY OF STATE
Bureaus of I. Records 2. Corporation
Registration

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STATE TREASURER
Bureaus of 1. Administration 2. Bonds

ELECTED BY THE PEOPLE

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COMPTROLLER GENERAL

ATTORNEY GENERAL

Bureaus of
1. Adm. and Control 2. Personal Tax 3. Motor Vehicle
Tax 4. Corporation Tax 5. Insurance Tax

Necessary assistants to cover division requiring constant legal advice.

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COMMISSIONER OF
AGRICULTURE
Bureaus of 1. Administration 2. Plant Industry 3. Animal Industry 4. Chemistry 5. Markets 6. Agri. Statistics 7. Immigration
(Statutory Office Term 2 Years)

SUPERINTENDENT OF
EDUCATION
Bureaus of I. Administration 2. Health & Physical
Education 3. Vocational Edu. 4. School Supervision 5. Examination and
Registration for Professions

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PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
Bureaus of
1. Administration 2. Railroads and
Utilities 3. Rate Regulation
and Service

GOVERNOR OF
STATE
CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICE
TERM 2 YEARS

GENERAL ASSEMBLY
I. Senate 2. House of Represen-
tatives
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DEPARTMENT OF AUDITS
AUDITOR Bureaus of: I. Adm. 2. Audits 3. State Bonds 4. County Bond Issues (if under State control)

MEMBERS OF COMMISSION
From State at Large:
Hon. Ivan Allen, Chairman ....... Atlanta Hon. T. Hicks Fort ........... Columbus Hon. R. E. Matheson ........... Hartwell Hon. J. B. Jackson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gray Hon. Frank S. Palmer ....... Waynesboro Hon. John D. Taylor ........ Summerville Hon. Cullen B. Gosnell .......... Decatur
From the Senate:
Hon. P. B. Ford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sylvester Han. Chas. D. Redwine ...... Fayetteville Han. J. M. Pitner . . . . . . . . . . . Washington
From the House:
Hon. C. H. Neisler ............ Reynolds Hon. Hugh Peterson ......... Mt. Vernon Hon. Columbus E. Alexander ... Savannah Hon. S. P. New . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dublin Hon. Joe S. Burgin . . . . . . . . . . Buena Vista Hono Columbus Roberts o o o o 0 o o oColumbus Hono Hooper Alexander . 0 0 0 0 o . 0 0 0 Decatur

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GOVERNOR OFFICE
Secretaries Bureaus of 1. Records 2. Military A1fairs 3. Buildings and Grounds

APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR

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DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

Director
Bureaus of
1. Budget 2. Control and
Accounting 3. Purchase and
Printing 4. Pensions

Director
Bureaus of
1. Administration 2. Preventable
Diseases 3. Rural Sanitation 4. Child Hygiene 5. Public Health 6. Vital Statistics 7. Laboratory 8. Sanitary
Engineering

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DEPT. OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
Director Bureaus of 1. Adm. & Statistics 2. Labor 3. Industrial Insurance 4. Industrial Rehabilitation 5. Bd. of Reg. and Examination for Industrial Trades

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DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS
Director
1. Administration 2. Construction and
Maintenance 3. Public Parks and
Buildings

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DEPARTMENT OF
PUBLIC WELFARE
Director 1st Section Bureaus of 1. Administration 2. Social Work 2nd Section Penal Corrective and Eleemosynary Institutions

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BOARD OF PARDONS AND
PAROLES
1. Administration Pardons and Paroles

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DEPARTMENT OF CORPORATIONS
Administration Banking Insurance Securities

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BOARD OF REGENTS
University of Georgia and all its Branches
Local Trustees Experiment Stations

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DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION
Director Bureaus of 1. Forestry 2. Fish and Game 3. Geology 4. Coastal Fisheries

Chart of Proposed Plan Authority Letter of Transmission Investigation Observations Proposed Plan Listing of Present Plan The Enabling Act Other States Chart of Present Government

STATE OF GEORGIA
.EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
ATLANTA

Whereas a large number of states in the Union have already enacted laws for the purpose of coordinating governmental departments and eliminating duplication of effort among governmental agencies, and

Whereas the coordination and simplification of departments of government are necessary in order that our government may be operated in a business-like, efficient, and economical manner,

IT IS ORDERED: that a "Commission to simplify and coordinate the operations of governmental departments" be and is hereby designated for the purpose of studying the operations of the various boards, bureaus, and departments of our state government, and of making such recommendations to the General Assembly as in the judgment of the Commission may bring about a more efficient and economical plan of departmental administration.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED: that the following citizens be and are hereby appointed as members of said Commission:

From State at Large:

Hon. Ivan Allen, Chairman Hon. T. Hicks Fort Hon. R. E. Matheson Hon. J. B. Jackson Hon. Frank S. Palmer Hon. John D. Taylor Hon. Cullen B. Gosnell

Atlanta Columbus Hartwell Gray Waynesboro Summerville Emory University

From the Senate:

Hon. P. B. Ford Hon. Chas.D. Redwine Hon. J. M. Pitner

Sylvester Fayetteville Washington

From the House:

Hon. C. H. Neisler Hon. Hugh Peterson Hon. Columbus E. Alexander Hon. S. P. New Hon. Joe S. Burgin Hon. Columbus Roberts Hon. Hooper Alexander

Reynolds Mt. Vernon Savannah Dublin Buena Vista Columbus Decatur

Said Commission is further requested to complete its study and investigation and make report and recommendations in time for the members of the General Assembly to receive same before the date of meeting of said General Assembly.

There being no funds available to bear such expense, it will be necessary for the members of this commission to serve without compensation.

This 2nd day of April, 1929. 4

L. G. HARDMAN, Governor.

To His Excellency, L. G. Hardman, Governor of Georgia:
Dear Sir:
The Commission appointed by you to submit a plan for the reorganization and simplification of the administrative departments of the State government of Georgia submits herewith a plan for that purpose and presents unanimously its report and findings.
In doing so, we have endeavored to learn from the experiences of other states of the Union, as more than a third of them have already adopted similar plans with excellent results, notably in New York and Virginia.
The plan submitted is limited to the administrative side of the State government. We have not considered the Judicial or Legislative branches at all, except to keep the enabling act in legal form, and our report deals only with the machinery of government,
The recommendations submitted can all be put into effect through legislative enactment, without change in the Constitution, and for that purpose, we present with our report an enabling act prepared by a committee of able lawyers who performed this laborous task without cost to the State, as a public service.
Our study of the question convinces us that the changes proposed will not only simplify government and increase its efficiency, but will greatly reduce its expense and largely increase the revenues of the State. Another good result will be that the simplification of methods and the control of receipts and expenditures will. better acquaint the people of Georgia with their government and give them a clearer understanding of its functions and operation. This will cause them to take more interest in it and bring about a fuller and more intelligent performance of their duty as voters and citizens.
We trust that the report will meet with your full approval and be transmitted to the General Assembly.
IVAN ALLEN, Chairman
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INVESTIGATION
The first action of the Commission was to gather information relative to the vanous departments and agencies of our state government in the following particulars:
1. A brief history of the departments; references to the statutes creating same and acts in repeal or amendment thereof, and bills relating to the departments proposed or introduced, providing for the elimination, consolidation, or reorganization thereof either wholly or in part.
2. The organization, functions, field of activities, and work of the departments.
3. The number of officers, employees, agents and appointees therein; how appointed or removed, the nature of their duties, their salaries and how the same are fixed; and reference to the laws governing the same for their department.
4. A comparative statement of each department's receipts, income, earnings, and the sources thereof, its expenditures and the nature thereof in a general way for each of recent years and the reasons for any increases or decreases from year to year.
5. The purchase of supplies, and other purchases, how and by or through whom, and pursuant to what law or laws made.
6. What activities or functions of departments, if any, are duplicated in any other department or departments and to what extent.
The Commission has been able to get a fairly accurate knowledge of the State government, the functions of the various departments, the number of employees, their duties, the cost of operation, and other important information.
We also communicated with other states in which the government had been reorganized and investigations had been made, similar to the one we have been conducting, and received a great deal of valuable information therefrom. Thus the Commission acquired a knowledge not only of the government of Georgia, but of the governments of other states and their experience in handling problems similar to our own.
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OBSERVATIONS
Since 1877, when a new work was to be done, the policy of the State has been to provide a new instrumentality fo~ doing it. We have now in the administrative branch 29 departments, 21 boards, 24 educational institutions, 2 experimental stations, 3 educational and eleemosynary institutions, 3 corrective institutions, 321 trustees, and thousands of employees.
We have 161 county systems of public schools and 34 independent systems.
Besides 161 tax collectors who report to the Comptroller General's office, the following departments collect fees and taxes of various kinds: The Secretary of State, the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Game and Fish, the Bureau of Entomology, the Department of Revenue, the Securities Commission, the State Library as Commissioner, the Treasurer as Bond Commissioner, and the Department of Education.
In addition to these, practically all the boards of the State collect their own fees. Until the last two or three years, there has been little effort to even ascertain what amount of money the different boards of the State collected for their support. All of our schools collect fees and our Treasurer, in accordance with the present law, pays out money on lump sum requests. There is no pre-audit of account, and nearly every department, institution and board disburses its own money.
Our appropriations are made in lump sums for support and maintenance, and the spending of these appropriations is left almost entirely to the directing official without check or hindrance. There is no central oversight and our past experience has been that we reward extravagance wit'h deficiency appropriations and punish economy by failure to provide the necessary means of expansion.
The recommendations we make can all be put into effect through legislative enactment and require no change in the constitution.
From our study and investigation we believe that if all moneys are paid into the treasury, with no special funds, with a centralized department of accounts, a budget control, centralized purchasing, and a reduction in the number of employees, there will be brought about a saving of from $500,000 to $750,000 annually, and we believe that if all the taxes are collected through one centralized State Department, it will bring into the treasury $1,000,000 or more of taxes annually which the state is not now getting.
During elections, through the state press and in the messages of past governors, attention has been called to the crying need of Simplification through Reorganization of the Administrative Departments of the State of Georgia.
In 1922, Governor Hardwick secured a-large appropriation of money and the firm of Griffinhagen ~ Associates of Chicago was employed to make a survey of the various departments and institutions of the State government with a view to seeing what economies could be affected and what services improved. It is said that they are the greatest governmental engineering experts in this country, and their best men spent months completing a survey which Governor Hardwick presented to the Legislature for adoption.
This Commision has had the benefit of that survey, particularly pertaining to the problems of the Georgia State Government. They have also had access to surveys on other states and more than one-third of the states in the Union have already adopted similar plans.
This plan will simplify the State government, consolidate different departments now discharging similar or related functions, concentrate and correlate inspectional activities, eliminate in a large degree duplication of activity and effort, give Georgia an effective centralized con-
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trot of State expenditures and an up-to-date budget system with proper facilities for the scientific preparation thereof, reduce waste and extravagance, provide for a better classification and standardization of employments and of salaries, wages, hours and titles of employees and a greater reciprocity between departments in the use thereof and give the State a merit system for the selection of employees which will not interfere with the authority of department heads in the matter of dismissals, but will remove the motive to discharge for political reasons; and in general result in a better quality of service and a greater efficiency and economy in administration.
In some instances, these governmental engineers have submitted to state governments their surveys, criticisms,and recommendations unaccompanied by the proper bills or enabling acts which would legally put them in operation. This Commission has therefore gone to much trouble, research, and expense to be able to submit to the Legislature a Consolidated Bill which has been carefully prepared by able Georgia Lawyers to put into effect the plan which carries the unanimous recommendations of this Commission.
The Commission realizes that no committee of the General Assembly would have the time or opportunity to make these surveys and prepare enabling acts during the busy session of the Legislature. Therefore, the results of the Commission's work, individually and collectively, and the work of the able committee of lawyers who aided us, have brought together the most comprehensive report they could put together, leaving the amount of salary, appropriations, etc., blank, to be decided by the Legislature, always with the object of facilitating the work of the committee of the Legislature to whom this report will be referred.
This enabling act not only provides for the election or appointment of officers or officials, but clearly defines their powers and duties.
There have been instances in other states where members of the Legislature, wishing to obstruct, delay or shirk the work entailed by a reorganization plan, have resorted to a policy of procrastination, suggesting to the Legislature that it provide for the appointment of a Commission or Committee with a large appropriation to employ experts and sit until the next meeting of the Legislatur-e, study in detail the operation of the government and then bring in a plan.
This Commission has tried to do this work and submits this plan without expense to the state, hoping to save two years delay until another Legislature meets. The Commission is sure that the best way to coordinate and simplify the administrative departments of the State of Georgia is by grouping together the related functions and activities and placing at the head of each group an experienced executive with full power to work out the intricate details and eliminate the duplication of activities.
It is believed that no matter how able a commission is appointed, or how many experts are employed, or how much time and money is spent, eventually the details of each department can only be worked out harmoniously and efficiently through an executive head with full power to act.
OUTLINE OF THE PROPOSED PLAN
The Plan proposed is made clear by the chart shown in this report. It shows 15 Departments, 2 Boards, and 1 Commission. Seven Department Heads itre to be appointed by the Governor, with the consent of the Senate; and the other eight Department Heads, including the' Governor, are to be elected by the people.
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The Legislative and Judicial departments are to remain as at present. The Enabling Act clearly defines the powers and duties of each department.
The Executive and Administrative departments to be as follows:
GOVERNOR'S OFFICE: The Governor's Office to have three divisions: Records, Military Affairs, Grounds ~ Buildings.
ADMINISTRATIVE DEPARTMENT ATTORNEY GENERAL DEPARTMENT-with the Attorney General at its head, and ~uch necessary assistants to cover divisions requiring legal advice. The Attorney General to be elected by the people and his assistants to be appointed by him.
COMPTROLLER GENERAL's DEPARTMENT-with the following bureaus: Administrative. Personal Tax. Motor Vehicle Tax. Corporation Tax. Insurance Tax, etc.
The Comptroller General is to be elected by the people.
STATE TREASURER-Treasury Department with two divisions: Administrative. Bonds
The head to be State Treasurer, elected by the people.
SECRETARY OF STATE-Department of State, with two bureaus: Records. Corporation Registration.
The Secretary of State to be elected by the people.
COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE-Department of Agriculture composed of the following bureaus:
Administrative. Plant Industries. Animal Industries. Chemistry. Markets. Agricultural Statistics. Immigration. The Commissioner of Agriculture to be elected by the people.
SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATION-Department of Education comprising the following divisions:
Administrative. Health and Physical Education. Vocational Education. School Supervisor. Examination and Registration of Professions. The Superintendent of Education is to be elected by the people.
DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE-with four divisions: Budget. Control and Accounting.
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Purchase and Printing. Pensions. The head of this department is to be a director appointed by the Governor with the consent of the Senate.
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH-with eight bureaus: Administrative. Preventative Diseases. Rural Sanitation. Child Hygiene. Public Health. Vital Statistics. Laboratory. Sanitary Engineering.
The director is to be appointed by the Governor with the consent of the.Senate.
DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS-with the following divisions: Administrative and Statistics. Labor. Industrial Insurance. Industrial Rehabilitation. Board of Registration and Examination. Board of Regulation and Examination of Industrial Trades.
The director to be appointed by the Governor with the consent of the Senate.
DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS-with three bureaus: Administrative. Contracts and Maintenance. Public Parks and Buildings.
The director to be appointed by the Governor with consent of the Senate.
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE-with two sections. The first section is to have bureaus of Administration and Social Wark. The second section is to have bureaus of Penal, Corrective and Eleemosynary Institutions. The director is to be appointed ~y the Governor.
DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION-with four divisions as follows: Forestry. Fish and Game. Geology. Coastal Fisheries.
The director is to be appointed by the Governor with the consent of the Senate.
DEPARTMENT OF AUDITS-with four bureaus: Administrative. Audits. State Bonds. County Bond Issues (if under state control).
The auditor is to be elected by the Legislature.
DEPARTMENT OF CORPORATIONS-with the following bureaus: Insurance. Banking. Securities. 10

The director is to be appointed by the Governor with the consent of the Senate.

BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS

BOARD OF PARDONS AND PAROLES-with three commissioners appointed by the Governor.

BOA'RD OF REGENTS-to have seven members appointed by the Governor to operate the

University System.



PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISION-with bureaus as follows: Administrative. Rate Regulation and Service. Transportation. Utilities.
To have three commissioners elected by the people for a term of six years.

REMARKS
The ideal system would call for a broad application of the short ballot, but expediency demands that a large number of officials remain elective. If the constitutional officers were to be made appointive, a constitutional amendment would be necessary and it would probably take several years to get the plan through. The proposed system can be put through by statute.
You will observe that a moderate form of the short ballot is to be employed, and this we deem wise. The short ballot will effect a more popular government; it concentrates responsibility in the hands of the governor, increases the effectiveness of the voter in that it eliminates "blind voting" and brings about more intelligent voting, and it effects harmony in the administration. We believe the people would rather vote for fewer officials so that they will know what they are about, instead of voting for everybody from "dog-catcher" up to governor.
The auditor is to be elected by the Legislature and we believe that this is as it should be, for he should be responsible to the body which appropriates money and independent of the officials who expend it.
The Board of Pardons is to be appointed by the Governor. They can relieve him of the great burden of responsibility in this connection. The Governor should be required to review their action only.
We believe that the proposed plan ought to be adopted because it will greatly increase the efficiency of the executive department of the State of Georgia. It means that the Governor will be given more power and the people will hold him responsible for its exercise. Inefficiency on the part of many of our administrative officials can be laid at the Governor's door under this plan. Under the present system, most of the officials are independent of the Governor and thus there is an unfortunate divided responsibility that we seek to overcome. Many boards and offices are abolished and others are placed in departments where they belong.
Not only will efficiency result from the adoption of this plan, but a large saving annually to the State (from $750,000 to $ 1,000,000.). This saving to the taxpayers of the State is a sufficient justification alone for our plan.
We also recommend, in order to bring about more efficiency in the executive department, that the Attorney General be given some degree of supervision over the Solicitors General and the County Sheriffs. There is a sore lack of unity in the legal system as at present constituted.
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Law enforcement would be greatly improved upon and crime would be reduced if the Attorney General were, like the Attorney General of the United States, give!l control over the law en~ forcement officers.
We are unanimously of the opinion that every penny received by whatever institution or official and from whatever source should go into the common state treasury, and every ex~ penditure authorized by Legislative Budget appropriation. It is high time the Legislature as~ sumes control of all the State's money, and permanent appropriations by statute be stopped.
PRESENT ORGANIZATION OF THE STATE GOVERNMENT
Under the present system, officials and commissions are (1) elected by the voters, (2) appointed by the Governor, (3) ex-officio, and ( 4) a miscellaneous group that are otherwise constituted. Note chart of present government attached.
The present organization is listed as follows:
1. ELECTED BY THE VOTERS:
Governor General Assembly Attorney General Comptroller General Secretary of State Judges Treasurer Commissioner of Commerce and Labor Superintendent of Education Commissioner of Pensions Prison Commission Public Service Commission Commissioner of Agriculture
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2. APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR:
Tax Commissioner Commissioner of Revenue State Auditor Superintendent of Banking State Highway Board Superintendent of Public Printing Keeper of Public Buildings and Grounds Canal and Waterways Commission Librarian Library Commission Real Estate Board Industrial Commission Adjutant General Supervising Inspector of Naval Stores Harbor, Port and Terminal Commission Secretary of the Department of Public Welfare. Children's Code Commission
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Illiteracy Commission Community Service Commission Board of Health Trustees of Confederate Soldiers Home Director of Veteran Service Bureau Board of Public Welfare Trustees of Academy for Deaf and Dumb Trustees of Georgia State Sanitarium Trustees of Training School for Boys Trustees of Training School for Girls Board of Game and Fish Board of Entomology Board of Forestry Geologist Trustees of Coastal Plain Experiment Station Trustees of Georgia Experiment Station Board of Veterinary Examiners Board of Pharmacy Board of Optometry Board of Medical Examiners Board of Dental Examiners Board of Examination and Registration of Architects Board of Examiners of Nurses Board of Osteopathic Examiners Board of Barber Examiners Board of Embalming Board of Examiners of Public Accountants Board of Education Board of Vocational Education Trustees of University of Georgia Trustees of Medical College of University of Georgia Trustees of State Woman's College Trustees of State College for Women Trustees of South Georgia Junior State College Trustees of North Georgia Agricultural College Trustees of Middle Georgia Agricultural and Mechanical Junior Colleg-e Trustees of School of Agricultural and Industrial Arts Trustees of State Agricultural and Normal College Trustees of Bowden Normal and Industrial College Trustees of Georgia Industrial College for Colored Trustees of Georgia Industrial and Normal College for Colored Trutees of Fourth District A. ~ M. School Trustees of Fifth District A. ~ M. School Trustees of Sixth District A. ~ M. School Trustees of Seventh District A. ~ M. School Trustees of Eighth District A. ~. M. School Trustees of South Georgia A.~ M. School
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3. EX-OFFICIO: Motor Vehicle Commissioner Chief Oil Inspector Commissioner of Immigration Corporation Commissioner Surveyor General Securities Commissioner Bond Commissioner Board of Pardons Warehouse Commissioner Insurance Commissioner
4. OTHERWISE CONSTITUTED: Registrar Bureau of Vital Statistics (appointed by Board of Health) Commission of Pilotage (appointed by Mayor and Council of Savannah) State Chemist, Veterinarian, Chief Food Inspector, Chief Drug Inspector, Director of the Bureau of Markets, Commisioner of Immigration ( all appointed by the Commisioner of Agriculture) State Chemist's Assistants (appointed by Chief Chemist)
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Georgia's Proposed
Administrative Re--organization
Act
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED-
AN ACT TO REORGANIZE THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE STATE IN ORDER TO SECURE BETTER SERVICE AND, THROUGH CO-ORDINATION AND CONSOLIDATION, TO PROMOTE ECONOMY AND EFFICIENCY IN THE WORK OF GOVERNMENT; CREATING AND ESTABLISHING CERTAIN DEPARTMENTS AND OFFICES, PRESCRIBING THEIR POWERS AND DUTIES, FIXING SALARIES, ABOLISHING CERTAIN OFFICES, BOARDS, COMMISSIONS, AND OTHER AGENCIES, AND REPEALING ALL CONFLICTING LAWS AND PARTS OF LAWS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of same:
ARTICLE I.
DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE
SECTION 1. There is hereby established a Department of Finance, the head of such department to be known as the Director of Finance, who shall be an experienced executive and accountant, and who shall be appointed by the Governor, subject to confirmation by the Senate. His term of office shall be coincident with that of the Governor making the appointment.
SECTION 2. Such Director shall receive a salary of $. . . . . . . . . . . . per annum, payable monthly, and shall receive his actual traveling expenses while engaged in the performance of his official duties. He shall devote his entire time to the performance of the duties of his office, and shall give bond in the sum of $ .......... , payable to the Governor or his successor in office, to be approved by the Comptroller General conditioned for the faithful performance of his duties, the premium on such bond to be paid by the State.
SECTION 3. Such Director shall be subject to removal from office by the Governor on account of inefficiency or incompetency while in office.
SECTION 4. There are hereby created the following divisions in the Department of Finance, to wit: ( 1) Pensions, (2) Purchase and Printing, (3) Budget, (4) Control and Accounting; each of such divisions to be under a chief to be appointed by, and hold office at the pleasure of, the Director of the Department of Finance, provided that any chief may have such supervision over one or more of such divisions. Each chief shall receive a salary of $. . . . . . . . . . per annum, and before entering upon the duties of his office shall execute a bond in the sum of $ ............ , payable to the Governor of the State, and approved by the Comptroller General, conditioned for the faithful performance of his duties.
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SECTION 5. All the powers, duties, and functions vested in and incumbent upon the Commissioner of Pensions are hereby transferred to the Department of Finance, and lodged in the Division of Pensions of said Department. So much of Code Sections 1468 through 1519 of the Code of Georgia ( 191 0) relating to the Commissioner of Pensions, Pensions and Confederate Soldiers' Home as is in conflict herewith is hereby repealed, provided, however, that the present incumbent of the office of Commissioner of Pensions is hereby designated as this Chief of the Division of Pensions of said Department.
SECTION 6. So much of Code Sections 13 3 7 through 13 62 of the Code of Georgia (191 0), and so much of all acts amendatory thereof, including an act approved August 19, 1919 (Laws 1919, p. 269), creating the office of Superintendent of Public Printing, is hereby repealed; and all the powers, duties and functions of said office are hereby transferred to the Department of Finance and consigned to the Division of Purchase and Printing.
SECTION 7. There is further vested in said Department and assigned to said Division the right and duty to make all purchases for all the departments created in this Act, the Director being charged to formulate and enforce such rules in respect thereof that all purchases shall be. made in manner conducive to the best interests of the State of Georgia, said rules to be uniform, and, when once adopted, not to be subject to change or modification, except by and with the written consent and approval of the Governor and State Auditor.
SECTION 8. . .... days after the passage of this Act no purchases shall be made or contract therefor entered into by any officer or employee of this State, or of any institution thereof, for or on account of any office, department or institution of this State, but same shall be made only upon requisition on behalf of such office, department or institution by the person lawfully delegated thereto, through the Division of Purchase and Printing of said Department, in accordance with ther rules adopted therefor and only if the purchase, if made, shall be within and provided for by the credits remaining in the appropriation carried in the current budget for such office, department or institution.
SECTION 9. The functions, rights, privileges, powers and duties of the State Investigating and Budget Commission as created by the statute found in the Acts of 1922, page 128, are hereby transferred to and conferred upon the Director of the Department of Finance, being hereby assigned to the Division of Budget, and so much of the Act creating said State Investigating and Budget Commission as is in conflict herewith is hereby repealed.
SECTION I 0. The rights, powers, privileges, immunities, duties and functions of the Examining Commission created by the statute found in the Acts of 1918, page 15 5, are hereby conferred upon the Director of the Department of Finance being hereby assigned to the Division of Budget, and all provisions of the said statute creating the Examining Commission in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
SECTION 11. It shall be the duty of the Director of Finance to assist the Governor and the Legislature in the formulation of a budget for the State of Georgia, and to collocate, assemble and revise the estimates and requests for appropriations from all boards, departments, divisions, bureaus or parts of the State Government.
SECTION 12. On or before the ............ day of ................. , in each year the head of each of the boards and departments of the State Government (including a Legislative and Judicial Department), sha!l assemble, collocate and revise the estimates for expenditures and requests of appropriations for the next two ensuing fiscal years, and shall prepare an itemized estimate of sums necessary to meet the financial needs of such Department, including in detail a statement of all monies for which a general or special appropriation is desired at the
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ensuing session of the Legislature. Such estimate shall be in such form and with such explanation as the Director of the Department of Finance may require and shall be submitted in quadruplicate to the Department of Finance on the day aforesaid, one of such copies to be furnished by the Director of the Department of Finance to the Governor, one to a designated representative of the Finance Committee of the Senate, and to the Ways and Means Committee of the House of Representatives.
SECTION 13. The Governor, Director of the Department of Finance, Comptroller General, State Auditor, and Chairman of the Appropriations and Revenue Committees of the Senate and the House shall constitute the Budget Commission, said Director being ex-officio Chairman thereof Said Commission shall hold hearings on such departmental estimates and requests at which it may require the heads of all departments of the State Government or their representatives to be present, and such Commission shall have power to revise the departmental estimates or to increase or decrease or make any changes therein as may seem to the best interest of the State.
SECTION 14. On or before the ....... day of ..................... , next succeeding, the Director of the Department of Finance shall submit to the Governor a budget (same by him to be transmitted to the General Assembly) containing a complete plan of proposed expenditures and estimated revenues for the coming fiscal year, said budget to contain the following information in summary and in detail:
(a) Estimates of the expenditures and appropriations necessary in his judgment for the support of the State government for the ensuing fiscal year.
(b) Estimates of the receipts of the state during the ensuing fiscal year under laws existing at the time the budget is transmitted and also under the revenue proposals, if any, contained in the budget.
(c) The expenditures and receipts of the state during the last completed fiscal year.
(d) Estimates of the expenditures and the receipts of the state during the current fiscal year.
(e) The amount of annual or other appropriations including balances of appropriations for prior fiscal years available for expenditure during the current fiscal year as of June thirtieth of such year.
(f) Balanced statements of the condition of the treasury at the end of the last completed fiscal year; the estimated condition of the treasury at the end of the current fiscal year and the estimated condition of the tr~asury at the end of the ensuing fiscal year, if the financial proposals contained in the budget are adopted.
(g) All essential facts regarding the bonded and other indebtedness of the state.
(h) Such other financial statements and data as in his opinion are necessary or desirable in order to make known in all practicable detail the financial condition of the state.
SECTION 15. The Governor, after submission thereof to the General Assembly, may have the power of amending or supplementing the same at any time within thirty days thereafter; but no estimate or request for an appropriation or for an increase in any item of the estimate or request as contained in the budget and no recommendation as to how the revenue needs of the State shall be met, shall be submitted to the Legislature or any Committee thereof by any officer, employee, agent, attorney or subordinate of any department of the State Government,
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except at the request of either House of the Legislature, or at the request of a committee thereof.
SECTION 16. The Director of the Department of Finance, in order properly to make up the budget, shall have authority to require the heads or chiefs of all departments of the State Government to furnish such information as the Director of said Department of Finance may require, and the Director of said Department shall at all times have authority to examine the bills of any department of the State.
SECTION 17. All appropriations by the General Assembly shall be presumed to be in accordance with the budget and the detail and items as therein set forth, except where it shall specifically be provided in the Appropriation Act that the appropriation varies in some designated particular from the schedules as set forth in the budget.
SECTION 18. The Director of Finance by and with the assistance of the State Auditor, shall devise and keep a centralized system of accounts for all departments, boards, offices and institutions of the State of Georgia, same to be under the Division of Control and Accounting and all expenditures made in behalf of any of said departments, boards, offices or institutions, shall be made by the Treasurer and upon warrants drawn in the Division of Control and Accounting and approved by the Director of Finance, no warrant to be approved if the item of expenditure embraced therein is not provided for in an existing appropriation carried in the current budget.
ARTICLE II.
DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS AND PUBLIC WORKS
SECTION 19. BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, that the State Highway Department of Georgia, created and provided by the Act approved August 16, 1916, is hereby reorganized and reconstituted into the Department of Highways and Public Works, and said Department of Highways and Public Works shall at once succeed, without interruption, to the duties and powers of said State Highway Department of Georgia.
SECTION 20. The management and control of the Department of Highways and Public Works, is hereby vested in a Director of Highways and Public Works, who shall be appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the Senate, and whose term of office shall be for six ( 6) years.
SECTION 21. Said Director shall receive a salary of $ . . . . . . . . . . . . . per year. SECTION 22. All duties, powers and functions now provided by law, as vested in or incumbent upon the State Highway Department of Georgia, are transferred to said Department of Highways and Public W arks. SECTION 23. The offices of Chairman and members of the State Highway Board, are hereby abolished, and in lieu thereof, said Director of Highways and Public Works shall become the executive and administrative head of the Department of Highways and Public W arks, with all the duties, powers, functions and liabilities as now provided by law, as vested in, or incumbent upon said State Highway Board.
SECTION 24. The office of the Keeper of Public Buildings and Grounds is hereby abolished, and in lieu thereof all the duties, powers and functions now imposed by law upon said Keeper of Public Buildings and Grounds shall vest in said Director of Highways and Public Works.
SECTION 25. The Department of Highways and Public Works shall be organized as follows:
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( 1) The division of Highway Administration, the head of which shall be the Director of Highways and Public Works.
(2) The Bureau of Construction and Maintenance of Highways, the head of which shall be the State Highway Engineer.
(3) The Division of the Public Buildings and Parks, the head of which shall be the Superintendent of Public Buildings and Parks. The State Highway Engineer may, with the approval of the Director of Highways and Public Works, organize the Bureau of Construction and Maintenance of Highways into what ever divisions as are necessary to effectively carry on the work of that Bureau. SECTION 26. The State Highway Engineer shall be a competent civil engineer, qualified by technical training, as well as practical construction experience in highway work. SECTION 27. Said Director of Highways and Public Works shall appoint said State Highway Engineer and said Superintendent of Public Buildings and Parks, and such other engineers, clerks and assistants, and at such salaries and for such terms as may appear necessary, and shall prescribe and fix their duties, all of whom shall hold office during the pleasure of said Director; provided the approved budget of the Department shall have authorized the salaries of said State Highway Engineer and said Superintendent of Public Buildings and Parks, and such other engineers, clerks and assistants. SECTION 28. All public funds remaining on hand upon the passage of this Act from appropriations heretofore provided, for road work, either maintenance, construction, or other work, and for the support and maintenance of said State Highway Department, shall be turned back into the Treasury of the State by said State Highway Board. SECTION 29. The assent of the State of Georgia to the terms and provisions of the Act of Congress approved July 11. 1916, known as the "Act to provide that the United States shall aid the States 'in the construction of rural post roads and for other purposes," is hereby continued, and the Department of Highways and Public Works herein provided for shall discharge all of the duties arising under said Act of Congress, to be performed by a State Highway Department, and is hereby constituted the proper agency of the State of Georgia, to discharge all duties arising under any amendment or amendments to said Act of Congress, or under other acts of Congress, allotting Federal funds to be expended upon public roads of this State.
ARTICLE III.
DEPARTMENT OF CORPORATIONS
SECTION 30. BE IT FURTHER ENACTED by the authority aforesaid that there is hereby created a Department of Corporations under the management and control of a Director to be appointed by the Governor, subject to confirmation by the Senate, whose term of office shall be ....... years, unless sooner removed by the Governor for failure to properly discharge the duties of his office.
SECTION 31. Said Director shall serve at a salary of $ .......... per annum, payable monthly, and he is hereby directed to organize under his control and supervision the following bureaus in his department, to wit: Insurance, Banking and Securities, and in that behalf he is authorized to appoint various heads of said bureaus, each of whom is to receive as his compen sation the sum of $ .............. per year.
SECTION 32. The head of each bureau is directly responsible to the Director of Corporations, and by and with his authority shall appoint such assistants and clerical help as may
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be provided for in the current budget which shall have been approved for said Department. The heads of said several bureaus, with their respective assistants and employees, shall serve at the pleasure of the Director.

SECTION 33. All the powers, functions and duties, which, under the existing provisions of law are reposed in and incumbent upon the Comptroller General as Insurance Commissioner, are hereby transferred to and vested in the Department of Corporations, and assigned to the Bureau of Insurance, and the office of Deputy Insurance Commissioner is hereby abolished.

SECTION 34. All the powers, functions and duties, which, under the existing provisions of law are reposed in and incumbent upon the Banking Department of the State of Georgia, are hereby transferred to and vested in the Department of Corporations, and assigned to the Bureau of Banking; and the office of Superintendent of Banks is hereby abolished, but all existing provisions of law with respect to qualifications of Superintendent, his oath and bond, are made applicable to the head of the Bureau of Banking. The offices of Assistant Superintendents, Examiners, Clerks and Office Assistants, as now provided by law, are hereby abolished.

SECTION 35. All the powers, functions and duties, which, under the existing provisions

of law are reposed in and incumbent upon the Securities Commission, are hereby transferred

to and vested in the Department of Corporations, and assigned to the Bureau of Securities, and

the office of Chief Examiner, as provided in the Acts of 1920, pages 25 0, 25 I, is hereby

abolished.

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ARTICLE IV.

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE, AND BOARD OF PARDONS AND PAROLES

SECTION 36. BE IT FURTHER ENACTED by the authority aforesaid that there is hereby created a Department of Public Welfare, under the management and control of a director to be appointed by the Governor, subject to confirmation by the Senate, whose term of office shall be coincident with that of the Governor making the appointment.
SECTION 3 7. Created within said Department are the following divisions: (a) Division of Social Service, (b) Division of Administration, with such bureaus in each as may be created by the director, the support for which, however, shall first have been provided in the budget approved for said Department. However, in the Division of Social Service there shall be the following bureaus: (I) Children. (2) County Organization. (3) Jail Inspection. (4) Statistics.
SECTION 3 8. All the duties, powers and functions now provided by law as vested in andjor incumbent upon the State Board of Public Welfare and the Georgia Children's Code Commission, are transferred to the Department of Public Welfare, and assigned to the Division of Social Service; and said Board and Commission are hereby abolished, with the various offices connected therewith.
SECTION 39. All the duties, powers and functions now provided by law as vested in and/or incumbent upon the Board of Managers of the Georgia State Training School for Boys, the Board of Managers of the Georgia Training School for Girls, and the Board of Trustees of

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the Confederate Soldiers Home of Georgia, are hereby transferred to the Department of Public Welfare, and assigned to the Division of Administration.
SECTION 40. All the powers, duties and functions provided by law and vested in andjor incumbent upon the Prison Commission, except that vested in same as a "Board of Pardons," are hereby transferred to the Department of Public Welfare, and assigned to the Division of Administration, and the office of secretary of said Commission, and the offices of suprevisors, are abolished.
SECTION 41. With the death, resignation, removal or expiration of the present terms of office of each of the several Prison Commissioners, his office is hereby abolished, and in lieu thereof the Governor shall appoint, subject to confirmation by the Senate, a Commissioner of Pardons as his successor. All existing provisions of law providing for the terms of office and compensation of Prison Commissionet;S shall remain in force and effect as applicable to the office of Commissioner of Pardons, created hereby.
SECTION 42. The Prison Commissioners and their successors, as herein provided, shall constitute and be designated as a Board of Pardons and Paroles, and may appoint such clerical assistants as may be provided in the budget approved for the maintenance and support of said Board.
ARTICLE V.
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
SECTION 43. BE IT FURTHER ENACTED by the authority aforesaid that there is hereby created a Department of Health, under the management and control of a director to be appointed by the Governor, subject to confirmation by the Senate, whose term of office shall be six years, unless sooner removed by the Governor for failure properly to discharge the duties of his office, provided, however, that
The present Secretary of the State Board of Health shall, for the remainder of his term of office, as same is now constituted, be the director of the Department hereby established, his compensation to be not less than that now provided.
SECTION 44. All duties, powers and functions now imposed by law and vested in andjor incumbent upon the State Board of Health, and the Board of Trustees of the Georgia State Sanitarium are hereby transferred to the Department of Health, and said boards are hereby abolished.
SECTION 45. There are hereby established the following divisions in the Department of Health, to wit:
(a) Preventable Diseases, (b) Rural Sanitation, (c) Child Hygiene, (d) Vital Statistics, (e) Sanitary Engineering, (f) Public Health, to discharge the functions of which the director is hereby empowered to nominate and appoint persons fit and competent to assume and discharge the duties of same, provided that divisions may from time to time be combined under a single bureau chief.
SECTION 46. Sections 1656 to 1661, inclusive, of the Code of 1910, providing for a
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State Board of Health, and the officers of same, are hereby repealed. So much of section 1671 of the Code of 191 0, to wit,
"and shall be under the management of nine trustees, one of whom shall be a competent physician, and no two of whom shall reside in the same county," and also all of sections 1572, 1573, and 1575, providing for a Board of Trustees of the Georgia State Sanitarium, are hereby repealed.
ARTICLE VI
DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
SECTION 4 7. BE IT FURTHER ENACTED by the authority aforesaid that there is hereby created a Department of Industrial Relations, under the control and management of a director, who shall be appointed by the Governor, subjeCt to confirmation by the Senate, with a term of office coincident with that of the Governor making the appointment, provided, however, that the Governor may remove the director for failure properly to discharge the duties of his office; and provided further that the incumbent of the present office of Commissioner of Commerce and Labor shall be the director of said Department, and as such shall serve until a time which, but for the provision of this Act, would be the end of his present term of office, and thereafter until his successor shall have been appointed under the provisions hereof.
SECTION 48. The Director of Industrial Relations shall receive a compensation of $ ............ per annum, payable monthly.
SECTION 49. The Department of Commerce and Labor, established by the Acts of 1911, page 13 3, is hereby abolished, with the respective offices therein provided for, and all the powers, duties and functions vested in and incumbent upon said Department, as well as such other powers, functions and duties as by law have been made incumbent upon the Commissioner of Commerce and Labor, are hereby transferred and assigned to the Department of Industrial Relations.
SECTION 50. The office. of Factory Inspector, provided for in the Acts of 1916, page 113, is hereby abolished, and all the powers, functions and duties of such Inspector are hereby conferred upon the Department of Industrial Relations.
SECTION 51. So much of the Georgia Workmen's Compensation Act, approved August 17, 1920, creating an Industrial Commission (See Acts 1920, page 193, et seq.) is hereby abolished, and all the powers, functions and duties thereof are hereby transferred to and made incumbent upon the Director of the Department of Industrial Relations.
SECTION 52. There are hereby created within said Department of Public Relations the following bureaus:
(a) Labor and Labor Statistics, (b) Workmen's Compensation, (c) Factory Inspection. The Director shall appoint the heads of said respective bureaus, each bureau head being authorized to select and employ the staff, provided the budget for the Department shall authorize and provide for such employment. SECTION 53. The head of the Bureau of Workmen's Compensation shall have all the powers, functions and duties heretofore vested by law in the Deputy of the Industrial Commission; and assigned to said Bureau shall be the administration of the Workmen's Compensation Act.
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ARTICLE VII.
DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION
SECTION 54. BE IT FURTHER ENACTED by the authority aforesaid that there is hereby created a Department of Conservation, under the management and control of a director to be appointed by the Governor, subject to confirmation by the Senate, whose term of office shall be coincident with that of the Governor making the appointment, subject to removal by the Governor for failure to properly discharge the duties of his office.
SECTION 55. Said director shall receive a compensation of $ ........ per annum, payable monthly.
SECTION 56. Within said Department of Conservation there is hereby established the following bureaus:
(a) Forestry, (b) Fish and Game, (c) Geology, in charge of which there shall be a bureau chief who shall be appointed by, and shall serve at the pleasure of, the director, receiving as compensation for his services the sum of $ ....... . payable monthly. Each bureau head may appoint the staff of his bureau, provided salary of each member so appointed shall first have been provided in the current budget for said Department. SECTION 57. The State Board of Forestry, established in an Act approved August 14, 1925 (Laws, 1925, p. 199) is hereby abolished, and all the powers, duties and functions of said board is hereby transferred to the Department of Conservation, and assigned to the bureau of Forestry. The offices of State Forester and Deputy Forest Wardens are hereby abolished. SECTION 58. The State Board of Fish and Game, established under and by virtue of an Act approved August 8, I924 (Laws I924, page I 0 I), is hereby abolished; and all the powers, functions and duties of same are hereby transferred to the Bureau of Fish and Game. The office of State Commissioner of Fish and Game, and the office of Tidewater Commissioner are hereby abolished, and all powers, functions and duties of each of these offices are respectively transferred and assigned to the Bureau of Fish and Game. SECTION 59. The office of State Geologist, as well as the Board Advisory to the State Geologist, and Assistant State Geologist are hereby abolished, and all the powers, functions and duties of the State Geologist, his assistants and the said Advisory Board are hereby transferred to the Department of Conservation and to the Bureau of Geology.
ARTICLE VIII.
BOARD OF REGENTS
SECTION 60. BE IT FURTHER ENACTED by the authority aforesaid that there is hereby set up and constituted a department of the State Government of Georgia, to be known as the "Board of Regents of the University system of Georgia."
SECTION 61. The University System of Georgia shall consist of the University of Georgia and all of its branches.
SECTION 62. The branches of the University of Georgia shall be, and consist of, the following:
(a) The Georgia State. College for Women, at Milledgeville;
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(b) State Normal School, at Rock College, Athens; (c) State College of Agriculture and Mechanical Arts, at Athens, with the Agricultural
Experiment Station connected therewith at Griffin; (d) North Georgia Agricultural College, at Dahlonega; (e) Medical College of the University of Georgia, at Augusta; (f) Georgia School of Technology, at Atlanta; (g) Georgia State College for Colored Youth, at Savannah; (h) Fifth District Agricultural and Mechanical Schools, at Monroe; (i) Sixth District Agricultural and Mechanical School, at Barnesville; (j) Fourth District Agricultural and Mechanical School, at Carrollton; (k) Seventh District Agricultural and Mechanical School, at Powder Springs; (I) Ninth District Agricultural and Mechanical School, at Clarkesville; (m) Tenth District Agricultural and Mechanical School, at Granite Hill; (n) State Agricultural and Normal College, formerly Third District Agricultural and
Mechanical College, near Tifton; (o) Georgia Normal School, at Statesboro; (p) Georgia State College for Women, at Valdosta; (q) Alexander H. Stephens Institute, at Crawfordsville; (r) Agricultural, Industrial ~ Normal School for Colored Teachers, at Albany; (s) Bowden State Normal and Industrial College, at Bowden; (t) School of Agricultural and Mechanical Arts for Colored, at Forsyth; (u) Middle Georgia College, at Cochran; (v) South Georgia Jr. State College, at Douglas; (w) Georgia Normal College, at Statesboro; (x) South Georgia Agricultural and Mechanical School, at Tifton; (z) Georgia Experiment Station, at Griffin; and Georgia Coastal Plains Experiment
Station.
SECTION 63. The government of the University of Georgia and all of its branches named in Section 62 of Article VIII of this Act, is vested in a Board of Regents who shall be subject to the General Assembly.
SECTION 64. Said Board of Regents shall be a body corporate and politic known as "Board of Regents for the University System of Georgia," by which they shall have perpetual succession, have and use a common seal, and be a person in law, able to plead and be impleaded, to hold and acquire real and personal property, with power to lease and otherwise manage the same for the good of the University and its branches. All money or property granted by the State or given by individuals for the advancement of learning in general or to the aid of any particular school in said system, is in such trustees.
SECTION 65. The Board of Regents shall be composed of seven members appointed by the Governor from the State at Large, and confirmed by the Senate, under the rules governing the appointment and confirmation of other officers of this State required by law to be confirmed by the Senate.
SECTION 66. The term of office of said members shall be six years. However, the term of office of the first appointed members shall be as follows:
3 shall be appointed for a term of two years; 2 for a term of four years; 2 for a term of six years; and their successors shall be appointed for a full term of six years.
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SECTION 67. Any person, male or female, to be eligible to the office of regent shall be a citizen of this State and shall be at least 25 years of age, and shall be chosen with special reference to his or her fitness and capacity to exercise the duties of regent.
SECTION 68. In case of the death or resignation of any member of the Board the Governor shall fill such unexpired term by appointment, to be confirmed by the Senate at the session after the same is made.
SECTION 69. The Board of Regents shall elect one of their members as their presiding officer, who shall be called the chairman of the Board of Regents.
SECTION 70. The said board shall elect a secretary and treasurer who is not a member of the board for such term as may be fixed by the board, and at such salary as may be provided in the budget approved for said Board. The Secretary and Treasurer shall give his full time to the duties of the office. He shall maintain an office in the State Capitol, and his office shall be maintained at the expense of the State.
SECTION 71. The duties of the Secretary shall be defined by the Board.
SECTION 72. The Board may meet subject to their own order, but they must assemble in annual session in the city of Athens, Georgia, on Thursday preceding the Sunday of the commencements of the University of Georgia.
SECTION 73. They may establish such rules and regulations for their own direction as they may deem proper, may fix the term of office of their chairman, their vice-chairman, and their secretary and treasurer, and are vested with all of the powers, privileges and rights vested in former Boards of Trustees of the University of Georgia, and of all former boards of trustees or directors of its branches, named in Section 62 of Article VIII of this Act, and they are charged with all of the duties, obligations and responsibilities incumbent upon andjor pertaining to said former board.
SECTION 74. It shall be the duty of the members of the Board of Regents to attend the meetings of the Board so as to take part in its deliberations and should any trustee, or regent, be engaged at the time prescribed for the annual meeting or any call meeting of the Board, as counsel or party in any case pending in the courts of this State, and should such case be called for trial during the regular session of said Board, his absence to attend such session shall be good grounds for a postponement or continuance of the case until the session of the Board shall have come to an end.
SECTION 75. The office of any member of the Board shall be vacated if he neglects to furnish a good and satisfactory excuse in writing to the Board for absence from two consecutive meetings of the Board. If any member, for any cause, fails to attend three successive meetings of the Board his office shall be declared vacant by the Board and the secretary shall in either event notify the Governor of a vacancy in the Board, and the Governor shall fill the same as provided by this Act.
SECTION 76. The Board, through committees of not less than two of its members, shall make at least one annual visit and inspection of each of the institutions in the University System of Georgia, and report their visit and inspection to the Board.
SECTION 77. The members of the Board shall each receive (for payment of expenses actually incurred) the sum of $ ........ for each day of actual attendance at the meetings of the Board or on tours of inspection, and mileage and actual fare to and from the place of meeting or place of visits and inspections of the respective institutions, by the nearest practical route from their respective homes, such expenses and mileage to be paid by the State Treasurer out of the funds of the State by executive warrant on presentation of vouchers by the members of the
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Board approved by the chairman and signed by the secretary. The members of the Board shall receive no emolument or compensation for their services as such members.
SECTION 78. The Board of Regents shall submit to the Governor annually reports of their transactions, together with such information as is necessary to show the condition of the university system of Georgia, with such suggestions as it may deem conducive to the good of the said System, and the cause of education in the State, and the Governor shall transmit the annual reports of said Board to the General Assembly with his message, with such comments and recommendations as he may deem proper, and when so done the General Assembly has power to revise, approve or reject the action of said Board.
SECTION 79. The Board of Regents shall have power-1st, to make such reasonable rules and regulations as are necessary for the performance of their duties; 2nd, to elect or appoint professors, educators, stewards or any other officers necessary for all of the schools in the university system of Georgia, to discontinue or remove them, as the good of the System or any of its schools or institutions or stations may require, and to fix their compensations; 3rd, to prescribe the course of studies to be pursued by the students, the terms and manner of graduating and conferring of the degrees; 4th, to establish all such schools of learning or art as may be useful to the State and to organize the same in the way most likely to attain the ends desired; 5th, to exercise any power usually granted to such corporation, necessary to its usefulness which is not in conflict with the constitution and laws of this State.
SECTION 80. When said Board of Regents shall receive any moneys by way of appropriation, gift or otherwise, for the use or benefit of any particular institution of the University System over which they have control, the Board shall pay the same to the State Treasurer, who shall hold said moneys for the benefit of the particular institution so named and the same shall be paid out only for the benefit of the said named institution.
SECTION 81. The present boards of trustees or directors and/or the treasurers thereof of the University of Georgia, and all its branches named in Section 62 of Article VII of this Act are hereby directed to turn back into the State Treasury all funds remaining on hand from any source and the secretaries of said boards are directed to deliver to the Board of Regents all records in their custody or control concerning said institutions and boards.
SECTION 82. The Board of Trustees of the Uunversity of Georgia is hereby abolished.
SECTION 83. The management and government of the University of Georgia is hereby vested in the Board of Regents.
SECTION 84. The powers, rights and privileges and duties heretofore vested in and exercised by the Board of Trustees of the University of Georgia are hereby vested in the Board of Regents, and all laws now existing, p~rtaining to the powers and/or duties of the Board of Trustees of the University of Georgia shall be applicable to the Board of Regents as successors to said board of trustees except where repealed herein expressly or by implication.
SECTION 85. The title to all real, personal and mixed property of whatever nature, now held by the trustees of the University of Georgia, shall vest in "The Board of Regents for the University System of Georgia" to be held by said board in trust for the benefit and use of the University of Georgia.
SECTION 86. The board of visitors for the University of Georgia, as provided for in the Acts of 1887, page 67, approved ...... ; Acts of 1900, page 79, approved ...... ; and Acts of 1894, pages 63 and 64, approved ...... ; is hereby abolished.
SECTION 87. All Acts of the General Assembly relative to the University of Georgia in
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force at the time of the adoption of this Act, rf not embraced herein and not inconsistent with what is so embraced, are still of force.

SECTION 88. The several boards of trustees or directors for each of the schools, colleges, institutions and stations named in Section 62 of Article VIII of this Act, and designated as branches of the University. of Georgia, are abolished.

SECTION 89. The government, control and management of each of said institutions

named in Section 62 of Article VIII of this Act is hereby vested in the Board of Regents of

the University System of Georgia.



SECTION 90. All of the powers, duties, privileges and rights heretofore by law vested in the Board of Trustees or directors of the various institutions named in Section 62 of Article VIII of this Act are hereby vested in the Board of Regents, and all laws now existing pertaining to the powers or duties of said separate boards of trustees or directors shall be applicable to the Board of Regents as successors to each of said separate boards of trustees, except where repealed herein expressly or by implication.

SECTION 91. That title to all real, personal and mixed property of whatever nature now held by the boards of trustees or directors of each of the institutions named in Section 62 of Article VIII of this Act shall vest in the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia, to be held by said board in trust for the benefit and use of the institutions entitled thereto, it being the purpose and intent of the Legislature that the Board of Regents shall hold title to the property or assets of each institution, so that each institution shall receive the use and benefit of the property devoted to its use, and in no event shall the property or assets of one institution be subject to the liabilities or obligations of any other institution; provided, however, that this restriction shall not prevent the Board of Regents from utilizing the facilities, educational or otherwise, of one school for the advance or assistance of another.

SECTION 92. When moneys or properties are appropriated by the Legislature or received



from any other source by the Board for the use and benefit of any particular institution, the

said Board, unless directed otherwise by the General Assembly, shall not use said moneys or

properties except for the benefit of the institution for whose use the moneys or property was

appropriated or donated.

SECTION 93. All moneys received by said Board must .be paid into the State Treasury. All moneys paid out by said Board for use of said institutions must be paid by the State Treasurer.

SECTION 94. The said Board of Regents shall carry out the purposes and intent of the various Acts creating the institutions, named in Section 62 of Article VIII of this Act, it not being the intent of this Act to repeal any of the laws creating said institutions or defining their functions, but merely to abolish the sparate boards of trustees, or directors, of said institutions and place the management and control of said institutions in one board, with all of the powers formerly vested in the several boards of trustees or directors except such powers and duties expressly or by implication repealed.

SECTION 9 5. All acts of the General Assembly relative to each of the institutions named in Section 62 of Article VIII of this Act in force at the time of the adoption of this Act, if not embraced herein and not inconsistent with what is so embraced, are still of force and effect.

SECTION 96. Following laws are repealed: Sections 2, 3, 4, and 9 of the Act of 1889, approved Novmber 8, 1889, entitled "An Act to Establish a Normal and Industrial College as a Branch of the State University" (Acts 1889, page 10); Sections 10 and 14 of the Act of 1890, approved November 26, 1890, entitled "An Act to Establish a School for Colored Per-

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sons" (Acts 1890-91, page 114); the Act of 1890 approved December 9, 1890, entitled "An Act to Amend an Act Entitled 'An Act to Establish a Technological School as a branch of the State University Approved October 13, 1885' so as to authorize an Increase in the Number of the Commission in Charge of Said School" (Acts of 18 90-18 9 1, page 11 8) ; the Act of 1891 approved September 11, 1891, entitled "An Act to' Provide for the Appointment of a Board of Visitors to the Georgia Normal and Industrial College" (Acts 1890-91, page 123) ; Sections 3, 7, and 9 of the Act of 1891 approved October 21, 1891, entitled "An Act to Establish, Organize and maintain a State Normal School as a branch of the State University" (Acts 1890-91, page 126); Section 11 of the Act of 1888 approved December 29, 1888, entitled "An Act to Establish in This State an Experimental Station and Farm known as Georgia Experiment Station" (Acts 1888, page 49); Sections 2, 3, 9 and 10 of the Act of 1911, approved August 1, 1911, entitled "An Act to Provide for the Control and Management of the Medical College of Georgia" (Acts 1911, page 154); Sections 3, 6 and 8 of the Act of 1906 approved August 18, 1906, entitled "An Act to Establish and Organize an Agricultural and Normal College in South Georgia" (Acts 1906, page 75); the Act of 1906, approved August 18, 1906, entitled "An Act to Provide for the Appointment of an Additional Trustee of the University of Georgia" (Act 1906, page 77); the Act of 1906 approved August 21, 1906, entitled "An Act to Abolish the Present Board of Trustees of the North Georgia Agricultural College and to Provide a New Board of Trustees for said College" (Acts 1906, page 78); Section 3 of the Act of 1906, approved August 18, 1906, entitled "An Act to Provide for the Establishment and Maintenance of Schools of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts in the Respective Congressional Districts of this State" (Acts 1906, page 72); the Act of 191 L approved August 9, 1911, entitled "An Act to Amend an Act Entitled 'An Act to Abolish the Present Board of Trustees of North Georgia Agricultural College' and to Provide for a Secretary and Treasurer of said Local Board" (Acts 1911, page 161) ; the Act of 1910, approved August 5, 1910, entitled "An Act to Authorize Chairman of Board of Trustees of University of Georgia to Designate and Appoint not Exceeding Three Members from Boards of Trustees on Local Boards" (Acts 1910, page .... ) ; the Act of 1914, approved August 14, 1914, entitled "An Act to make the President of the Board of Trustees of the Georgia Normal School Ex-Officio a Member of the Board of Trustees of the University of Georgia" (Acts 1914, page 156); the Act of 1919, approved August 19, 1919, entitled "An Act to Amend Section 13 65 of the Civil Code of 19 10 so as to make the President of the Alumni Society of the University of Georgia Ex-Officio Member of the Board of Trustees of the University of Georgia" (Acts 1919, page 85); Sections 2, 3 and 4 of the Act of 1919, approved August 12, 1919, entitled "An Act to Establish a Normal and Industrial College" (Acts 1919, page 262); the Act of 1925, approved August 6, 1925, entitled "An Act to Amend Section 1365 of the Civil Code of 1910 so as to Provide for Three Members of the Board of Trustees of the University of Georgia from the City of Athens" (Acts 1925, page 56); the Act of 1924, approved August 16, 1924, entitled "An Act to Amend the Act Approved November 26, 1890, creating a New Board of Directors for Georgia Industrial College for Colored Youths" (Acts 1924, page 120); Sections 2, 3, and 4 of the Act of 1924, approved August 18, 1924, entitled "An Act to Etablish as a Branch of the University a Normal or Teachers' College at Statesboro" (Acts 1924, page 165); Sections 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 of the Act of 1924 approved August 18, 1924, entitled "An Act to Etablish a College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts Known as South Georgia Agricultural and Mechanic College" (Acts 1924, page 177); Sections 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 of the Acts of 1918, approved August 19, 1918, entitled "An Act to Fix the Name and Designation of the Various District Agricultural Schools" (Acts 1918,
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page 143); Sections 3, 4, and 5 of the Act of 1926, approved April 13, 1926, entitled "An Act to Establish as a Branch of the University of Georgia a Normal School for Teachers to be Known as State Agricultural and Normal College" (Acts 1926, page 34); Sections 2, 3, 4, 5, and 17 of the Act of 1927, approved ..................... , 1927, entitled "An Act to Establish a College of Agricultural and Mechanical Arts as a Branch of the University of Georgia to be Known as the Middle Georgia Agricultural and Mechanical Jr. College" (Acts 1927, page 161); Sections 3 of the Act of 1927, approved July 22, 1927, entitled "An Act to Establish the South Georgia Jr. State College at Douglas" (Acts 1927, page 169; Sections 1, 2, and 3 of the Act of 1919, approved August 18, 1919, entitled "An Act to Create a Board of Trustees of Stephens High School" (Acts 1919, page 1406); the Act of 1927, approved July 25, 1927, entitled "An Act to Amend the Act of August 18, 1919, (Acts 1919, page 1406); Acts 1927, page 173); the Act of 1925, approved ................. , 1925, entitled "An Act to Make the President of the Alumni Association of the North Georgia Agricultural College at Dahlonega an Ex-officio Member of the Board of Trustees" (Acts 1925, page 228); Section 2 of the Act of 1918, approved August 19, 1918, entitled "An Act to Create and Establish an Experimental Station and Experimental Farm to be known as the Georgia Coastal Plain Experimental Station" (Acts 1918, page 15 8) ; Section 2 of the Act of 1917 approved August 21, 1917, entitled "An Act to Provide for the Establishment and Maintenance of an Agricultural District School and Mechanical Arts in the 12th Congressional District of Georgia" (Acts 1917, page 191) ; Section 2 of the Act of 191 7, approved August 21, 1917, entitled "An Act to Establish and Organize an Agricultural, Industrial and Normal School in this State" (Acts 1917, page 195); Section 2 of the Act of 1922, approved ............ , 19 22, entitled "An Act to Establish a School for Agricultural and Mechanic Arts for Colored" (Acts 1922,page 175).
ARTICLE IX.
SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATION
SECTION 97. BE IT fURTHER ENACTED by the authority aforesaid that there ts hereby created a Department of Education, consisting of the following bureaus, to wit:
( 1) Administration ( 2) Health and Physical Education (3) Vocational Education (4) School Supervision (5) Examination and Registration for Profession
SECTION 98. Said Department of Education shall be under the management and control of a Superintendent of Education, who shall be elected by the people at the same time, and in the same manner, as the Governor and state officers are elected, except that his term of office shall be . . . . . . years.
The Superintendent of Education shall possess the qualifications by law now required of the State Superintendent of Schools. The Superintendent of Education shall receive a salary of $ ............ per annum, payable monthly. The State Superintendent of Schools, during his unexpired term, shall become Superintendent of Education.
SECTION 99. Each bureau in the Department of Education shall be under the supervision and control of the Superint~ndent of Education, and shall hold office during the pleasure of the Superintendent of Education. The Chief of each Bureau, with the approval of the Superintendent of Education, shall appoint such assistants and employes necessary to carry on the
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work of the bureau, and such as shall be authorized by law and provided for in the budget of said bureau. The Superintendent of Education may designate the same person to be chief of one or more bureaus, without increased compensation. The salary of the Chief of Bureau shall be $ ............. per annum, payable monthly, and all necessary traveling expenses. The chief of each bureau shall have the same qualifications required of the Superintendent of Education by this Act.
SECTION 100. All the duties, powers and functions now imposed by law upon the State School Superintendent, the State School Commisioner, the State School Supervisors, the State School Book Commission, the State Board of Education, and the Georgia Illiteracy Commission, shall be transferred to the Department of Education and imposed upon the Super~ intendent of Education insofar as the same are applicable, and the office of State School Superintendent and the office of the State School Commissioner and the offices of State School Supervisors, are hereby abolished. The State School Book Commission, the State Board of Education, and the Georgia Illiteracy Commission, are hereby abolished.
SECTION 101. The Superintendent of Education shall be, by virtue of his office, Chief of the Bureau of Administration. He shall have power to appoint an Assistant Chief of Bureau of the Administration, whose salary shall be $ ........... per annum, payable monthly, and who shall have the qualifications required by this Act of the Superintendent of Education.
SECTION 102. All the duties, powers and functions, insofar as applicable, now imposed by law upon the State School Book Commission, the State Board of Education, and the Georgia Illiteracy Commission, shall be assigned to the Bureau of Administration, except as otherwise herein specially provided.
SECTION 103. All the duties, powers and functions imposed upon the State Board of Education, pertaining to the question of physical education and health shall be assigned to the Bureau of Health and Physical Education.
SECTION 104. All the duties, powers and functions now imposed upon the State Board of Vocational Education are transferred to the Department of Education, and are assigned to the Bureau of Vocational Education. The State Board of Vocational Education is hereby abolished.
SECTION 105. All the duties, powers and functions pertaining to the supervision and control of public schools, now imposed by law upon (a) the State Superintendent of Schools, (b) the State School Commissioner, and (c) the State School Supervisors, shall be tranferred to the Bureau of School Supervision, and shall be performed by the Chief of said Bureau and such assistants as may be authorized by law and provided in the budget of the bureau.
SECTION 106. That in each bureau, the subordinate officers, assistants and employes, whose salaries are not fixed by this Act, shall receive such compensation as shall be fixed by the Superintendent of Education, and such compensation shall be fixed only upon the authority of the Department of Finance with the approval of the Governor.
SECTION 107. That each officer whose office is created by this Act, or any subordinate officer under same, who may be required to handle state funds, shall give bond, which shall be in force during such officer's term of office, in twice the amount of the estimated average daily balance of funds which the said official will at any time during his term have the custody of, said estimation to be made by the Governor, Treasurer and Comptroller, which bond shall be conditioned for the faithful perfotmance of his duties, and shall be filed in the office of the
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Secretary of State. Said bond shall be made by some solvent surety company doing business in this state, subject to the approval of the Governor.
SECTION 108. That the Chief of Bureau for Examination and Registration for Professions shall bring together and keep all records relating to the following professional examining boards, to wit:
1. State Board of Veterinary Examiners 2. State Board of Examiners of Public Accountants 3. State Board of Pharmacy
4. State Board of Osteopathic Examiners 5. State Board of Examiners of Nurses
6. State Board of Optometry
7. State Board of. Embalming
8. State Board of Medical Examiners 9. State Board of Chiropractic Examiners 10. State Board of Dental Examiners 11. State Board of Barber Examiners 12. State Board of Examination and Registration of Architects and
13. State Board of Bar Examiners
These boards shall continue to exercise their functions as heretofore, but they shall not maintain offices independently of the Bureau of Examination and Registration for Professions of the Department of Education. The Chief of said Bureaus of Examination and Registration for Professions shall receive all applications for licenses; shall, with the consent of the board concerned, schedule the times and places for examination, issue certificates upon the authority of the examining board concerned, collect all fees now required by law in connection with the licensing of trades and professions, and remit such fees to the State Treasurer. The Chief of the Bureau of Examination and Registration for Professions shall furnish each examining board, or the members thereof named in this section, such information relative to registration and license as the said board or members may require.
SECTION I 09. The supervision and control of the Academy for the Blind, located at Macon, Georgia, and the supervision and control of the Academy for Deaf and Dumb, located at Cave Springs, Georgia, shall be transferred to the Department of Education and assigned to the Bureau of Administration. All the duties, powers and functions now imposed, by law upon the Board of Trustees of the Academy for the Blind and the Board of Trustees for the Academy for the Deaf and Dumb, shall be performed by the State Superintendent of Schools, and said Board of Trustees for the Academy for the Blind, and for the Academy for the Deaf and Dumb, are hereby abolished.
SECTION 110. All the duties, powers and functions exercised by the several boards, commissions, officers, agents and employes of this state, referred to in this Act, vested under the following acts or parts of acts, amendments thereto, or other law, are hereby transferred to the Department of Education, officers, agents and employes created in the foregoing provisions of this Act, and reference is hereby made to these acts or parts of acts hereinafter cited, and to other law to identify, recite and describe said duties, powers and functions, to wit:
( 1) An Act entitled: "An Act to codify the laws of the State of Georgia, in compliance with the pro-
visions of the Act entitled 'An Act to empower the State Superintendent of Schools, the Attorney-General, the Chairman of the Senate and House Com-
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mittee on Education to codify the school laws, and for other purposes, approved July 20, 1918; to revise the school laws of the State; to provide for a State Superintendent of Schools, State Board of Education, a State Board of Vocational Education, County Superintendent of Schools, County Board of Education, Supervisors of Schools and Institutes, an Auditor, a Secretary and Executive Agent of the State Board of Education, and other officers; to provide the method of their selection, their duties, powers and compensation; and for other purposes.'' (Georgia Laws 1919, parts 1 and 2-P. 288), and approved August 19, 1919.

(2) The laws embraced in Section 1401-15, both inclusive, of the Code of 1910, pertaining to the creation, government, operation and control of the Academy for the Blind.

(3) The laws embraced in Sections 1416-31, both inclusive, _of the Code of 1910, pertaining to the creation, government, operation and control of the Academy for the Deaf and Dumb.

(4) An Act entitled: "An Act to provide physical education and training for pupils in the common,
graded, and State Normal, and all other public schools of Georgia, supported wholly or in part by the State, and to insure better cooperation between the educational authorities and the health authorities of this State, and prescribing the methods of carrying the same into effect." (Georgia Laws 1920, Page 232), and approved August 3, 1920.

(5) An Act entitled: "An Act to create a State Board of Veterinary Examiners in the State of Georgia,
to provide for the appointment of the members of such board; to prescribe the place and time of meeting thereof; to provide for rules governing the application and issuing of license to practice as a veterinarian; to fix fees for such application; to define veterinary medicine and surgery; to provide for compensation and expenses of said Board; to prescribe penalties for the violation of the provisions of this Act, and for other purposes." (Georgia Laws 1908, Page 88); and approved August 16, 1908.

(6) An Act entitled: "An Act to amend Section 2061 of the Civil Code of Georgia, so as to require the
Board of Veterinary Examiners to grant license to persons who were engaged in the practice of veterinary medicine on August 14, 1908, and for other purposes." (Georgia Laws 1918, Page 117), and approved August 18, 1918.

(7) An Act entitled:

"An Act to establish a board for the examination of accountants; to provide for

the granting of certificates to accountants, and to provide a punishment for the



violation of this Act."

(Georgia Laws 1908, Page 86),

and approved August 17, 1908.

(8) The laws embraced in Sections 1732-1741, both inclusive, of the Code of 1910,

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pertaining to the creation, government, operation and control of the State Board of Osteopathic Examiners.
In this connection, see
(9) An Act entitled: "An Act to amend Section 17 38 of the Civil Code of Georgia, as heretofore amend-
ed, relating to examination of applicants to practice osteopathy, so as to provide for issuing licenses, under certain conditions, to practitioners of osteopathy in other States, without examination, and for other purposes." (Georgia Laws 1925, page 89), and approved August 22, 1925.
(10) The Laws embraced in Sections 1698-1711. both inclusive. of the Code of 1910, pertaining to the creation, government, operation and control of the Board of Exa~iners of Nurses for Georgia.
( 11) An Act entitled: "An Act to amend an Act entitled 'An Act to regulate the practice of professional
nursing in the State of Georgia, and to that end to create a Board of Examiners of Nurses of Georgia and to require registration by those desiring to practice in the State as registered nurses, and to provide penalties for the breach of the requirements of this Act, and for other purposes' so as to increase the registration fee, to provide reciprocity in registration and for the issuing of certificates for the same." (Georgia Laws 1921, page 215), and approved August 15, 1921.
( 12) An Act entitled: "An Act to establish a Board of Examiners in Optometry in the State of Georgia;
to define its duties and powers; to regulate the practice of optometry; to provide for issuing and recording licenses of optometrists in this State; to provide penalties for the violation of this Act, and for other purposes." (Georgia Laws 1916, page 83), and approved August 7, 1916.
( 13) An Act entitled: "An Act to amend, approved August 14, 1909, entitled 'An Act to establish a
Board of Osteopathic Exam~ners; to provide for issuing and recording licenses of osteopaths in this State; to prescribe penalties for the violation of this Act', and for other purposes." (Georgia Laws 1916, page 88), and approved August 19, 1916.
(14) The laws embraced in Sections 1713-1721, both inclusive, of the Code of 1910, pertaining to the creation, government, operation and control of the State Board of Embalming.
(15) An Act entitled: "An Act to abolish the present State Board of Medical Examiners and to establish a
composite Board of Medical Examiners for the State of Georgia; to define its duties and powers; to protect the people from illegal and unqualified practitioners of medicine and surgery; to define the standing of a medicai college; to regulate the issuing and recording of licenses; to define what is considered the
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practice of medicine; to fix fee for license; to provide for the revocation of license; to require a standard of preliminary education of applicants; to prescribe the penalties for the violation of this Act, and for other purposes." (Georgia Laws 1913, page 101). and approved August 18, 1913.
(16) An Act entitled: "An act to amend an Act entitled 'An Act to abolish the present State Board of
Medical Examiners and to establish a composite Board of Medical Examiners for the State of Georgia; to define its duties and powers; to protect the people from illegal and unqualified practitioners of medicine and surgery; to define the standing of a medical college; to regulate the issuing and recording of licenses, to define what is considered the practice of medicine; to fix fee for license; to provide for the revocation of license; to require a standard of preliminary education of applicants; to prescribe the penalties for the violation of this Act, and for other purposes; being the Act establishing the State Board of Medical Examiners, approved August 18, 1913. (Georgia Laws 1918, page 173), and approved August 30, 1918.
(17) An Act entitled: "An Act to authorize and regulate the practice of chiropractic in the State of Geor-
gia * * *."
(Georgia Laws 1921. page 166), and approved July 22, 1921.
(18) An Act entitled:
"An Act to revise the Dental Laws of Georgia * * * "
(Georgia Laws 1920, page 132), and approved August 17, 1920.
( 19) An Act entitled: "An Act to regulate the practice of the occupation of a barber in certain cities with-
in the State of Georgia and to provide for the registering and licensing Qf persons to carry on such practice and to insure the proper sanitary conditions in barber shops, and prevent the spreading of disease in the State of Georgia, to establish a State Board of barber examiners, to carry out the purposes of this Act. To make any penal violations of the terms of this Act, and to prescribe punishments therefor and for other purposes." (Georgia Laws 1914, page 75), and approved August 17, 1914. (20) An Act entitled: "An Act to make it unlawful for any person to use the title of 'Architect' in the State of Georgia without securing a certificate of his or her qualifications to engage in the practice of architecture under the title of 'Architect'; to provide for the examination and registration of architects; to provide for the disposition of the funds arising from the fees received for registration, to provide for the punishment of violators of the provisions of this Act, and for other purposes." (Georgia Laws 1918, page .... ) , and approved August 18, 1918.
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(21) The laws embraced in Sections 4936-4942, both inclusive, of the Code of 1910, pertaining to the creation, government, operation and control of the Board of Examiners for

Admission to the Bar. All other acts or parts of acts not listed above, and in conflict with the provisions of this
Act, are hereby construed to be repealed, and all parts of acts listed above and in conflict with the provisions of this Act, are hereby repealed. .

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COMPTROLLER GENERAL
SECTION 112. BE IT FURTHER ENACTED by the authority aforesaid that there is hereby created a Department of Revenue, of which the Comptroller General shall ex-officio. be director.
SECTION 113. There are hereby created within said department the following bureaus: (a) Administration and Control (b) Personal Tax (c) Motor Vehicle Tax (d) Corporation Tax (e) Insurance Tax
Each of said bureaus shall be under the supervision of a chief, each chief to draw a salary of $ ............... per year, and to hold office subject to the pleasure of the Comptroller General. Each chief shall furnish a bond, payable to the Governer of the State of Georgia, in the sum of $ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . to be approved by the Comptroller General and conditioned from the faithful performance of the duties of his office. The Comptroller General may, if he deems it to the best interest of the State, have any two or more of said bureaus under the supervision and charge of a single chief, and all such chiefs shall operate subject to the supervision and direction of the Comptroller General who shall define their duties and functions.
SECTION 114. REVENUE COMMISSIONER. The office of Commissioner of Revenue is hereby abolished and all the powers, duties and functions of said office are hereby transferred to the Department of Revenue. So much of the Act of the extra session of the Legislature of 1923 as is embodied in an Act approved December 14, 1923, and found in the extra session laws, page 13, as is in conflict herewith, is hereby repealed.
SECTION 115. COMMISSIONER OF MOTOR VEHICLES. The office of Commissioner of Motor Vehicles is hereby abolished, and all the powers, functions and duties thereof are hereby transferred to the Department of Revenue. So much of the Act of the extra session of the Legislature of 1915 as found on pages 107 to 119 of the laws of said extra session, so much of the Act of 191 0, approved on the 13th day of August, 191 0, and found in the Act of the Legislature of that year, page 90, so much of the Act of the Legislature of 1927, approved August 23, 1927, and found in the laws of 1927, pages 226 and following, all of said laws relating to motor vehicles as is in conflict herewith is hereby repealed.
SECTION 116. TAX COMMISSIONER. The office of Tax Commissioner as created under the Act of Legislature approved the 14th day of August, 1913, page 123, Laws of 1913, is hereby abolished, and all of the powers, duties and functions of the State Tax Commissioner are transferred to the Department of Revenue.
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SECTION 117. For the carrying out of this Act, the Comptroller General shall be pro. vided with such assistants as may be approved and provided for in the current budget of the
State of Georgia for the particular year.
ARTICLE XI
PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
SECTION 118. BE IT FURTHER ENACTED by the authority aforesaid that the State Public Service Commission shall be reduced from five to three members, in manner following:
The offices of Commissioner, the terms of the present incumbents of which are the next two to expire, either by death, resignation, removal or otherwise, shall be abolished.
ARTICLE XII
COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE
SECTION 119. BE IT FURTHER ENACTED by the authority aforesaid that there is hereby created a Department of Agriculture, of which the Commissioner of Agriculture shall,. ex-officio, be director, exercising all the powers, functions and duties made by law incumbent upon that office.
SECTION 120. There is hereby established in the Department of Agriculture, under the management and control of the Commissioner the following bureaus:
(a) Administration (b) Entomology (c) Animal Industry (d) Chemistry (e) Markets (f) Immigration SECTION 121. The office of State Warehouse Commissioner, created by an Act approved August 17, 1920, is hereby abolished, and all of the powers, functions and duties thereof are assigned to the Bureau of Administration in the Department of Agriculture. SECTION 122. The offices of Chief Food Inspector and Chief Drug Inspector, as provided for in Sections 2092 and 2094, Code of Georgia (1910), are hereby abolished, and the powers, functions and duties thereof are assigned to the Bureau of Administration in the Department of Agriculture. SECTION 123. The State Board of Entomology, as provided for in Section 2120 of the Code of Georgia ( 1910), and the office of State Entomologist, as provided in Section 2121, are hereby abolished, and all powers, functions and duties thereof are hereby transferred to the Department of Agriculture, and assigned to the Bureau of Entomology. SECTION 124. The State Veterinarian shall hereafter be the Chief of the Bureau of Animal Industry. SECTION 125. The State Chemist shall be Chief of the Bureau of Chemistry, to which is hereby assigned all powers, functions and duties of his office. All existing provisions of law with respect to the appointment or employment of assistants to the State Chemist are hereby abolished. SECTION 126. The office of Director of Markets and his assistants, as provided in an Act approved August 21, 1917, are hereby abolished, artd the powers, functions and duties
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therein imposed upon said Director are hereby transferred and assigned to the Bureau of Markets, in the Department of Agriculture.
ARTICLE XIII
GENERAL SECTION 127. BE IT FURTHER ENACTED by the authority aforesaid that all public funds in the possession of any board, officer, or organization which, by the terms of this Act shall have been abolished, shall, with the passage of this Act, be turned back into the State Treasury; and all records, books, documents and papers of any such board, officer, or organization shall therewith be delivered to the department, board or office hereby created as successor to the powers, duties and functions of the board, office, or organization so abolished. SECTION 128. All moneys collected by or through any of the departments or agencies of the State Government which heretofore have been used towards the support of same, so far as said department or agencies are continued herein, shall, with the passage of this Act, hereafter be paid into the Treasury of the State; and the offices of all persons, dependent under provisions of existing law for compensation upon such funds, are hereby abolished. SECTION 129. Except as may herein be provided, no person may be employed in any of the departments of the State Government hereby established, continued, or created, unless provision shall have been made for such appointment, and the salary of the office provided in the current budget approved for the respective department to which such person shall be attached. SECTION 130. All appointees to any office provided for under the provisions of this Act shall hold office at the pleasure of the person making the appointment, unless otherwise provided. SECTION 131. It is the purpose of this Act that heads of bureaus created hereby shall employ the staffs within their respective bureaus, and such authority is hereby conferred upon them provided the budget approved for their respective departments shall cover the expense incident thereto. SECTION 13 2. This Act, insofar as it does not add to, take from, or eliminate an existing law, shall be construed as a continuation thereof. SECTION 133. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with the foregoing provisions hereof are hereby repealed.
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OTHER STATES
Fifteen states have reorganized their governments and are now working successfully under plans whereby there has been consolidation of their many state departments and offices.
ILLINOIS, in 1917, was the first to adopt the new plan. One hundred statutory offices, departments, boards, and agencies were consolidated under nine departments. Two have since been added. As a result, better service is rendered and at less cost.
IDAHO followed suit in 1919, consolidating :fifty departments into nine with "greater efficiency, increased revenues, reduced expenditures" justifying the changes made.
NEBRASKA, since consolidating its government in 1920 to thirteen departments, has reduced its biennial appropriation by more than $2,000,000, with no detriment to the state in service.
MASSACHUSETTS started its reorganization in 1919 and is still improving it.
In 1921 WASHINGTON abolished seventy statutory offices and consolidated its government into ten. In four years they were able to change a million dollar deficit into a million dollar balance.
OHIO, reorganized in 1921, now has eight departments.
CALIFORNIA began in 1921 with five departments, but more have been added.
MARYLAND did not completely reorganize and as a result has not found the system of grouping under fifteen heads entirely successful.
PENNSYLVANIA, in 1923, brought its one hundred and :five administrative agencies under fourteen departments and three commissioners. Two were added later. As a result, pay rolls were reduced fifteen per cent; a $29,000,000 deficit was paid off in three years; and an overexpenditure which had been $7,000,000 the biennium, practically disappeared.
TENNESSEE, in 1923, abolished forty-nine statutory offices and bureaus for eight departments. As a result the service has been improved and expenditures wonderfully decreased; $1,200,000 less for operation under the new organization per biennium. At the end of four years a $2,000,000 deficit had been wiped out and surplus of more than a million had taken its place.
VERMONT, in 1923, consolidated more than twenty boards and agencies into seven departments. The number of employees has been reduced ten per cent and the work is more efficient though less expensive.
MINNESOTA, since 1925, has thirteen departments, but finds that further changes are needed.
Work of reorganization began in SOUTH DAKOTA in 1925 and is still going on.
NEW YoRK, in 1925, very successfully combined one hundred and eighty existing administrative agencies into twenty departments.
VIRGINIA, in 1927, consolidated into twelve departments besides the governor's office. Governor Byrd estimates that the reorganization already made will result in an annual saving of $800,000.
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